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Vito Joseph Picone (born March 20, 1941) is the lead singer of
The Elegants The Elegants was an American doo-wop vocal group, that started in 1958 by Vito Picone, Arthur Venosa, Frank Tardogno, Carman Romano and James Moschello in South Beach, Staten Island, New York. Before their nursery rhyme inspired song, " Little ...
, and along with Jimmy Mochella is a remaining original member. He has also played bit parts in '' Goodfellas'', '' Analyze This'', and ''
The Sopranos ''The Sopranos'' is an American Crime film#Crime drama, crime drama television series created by David Chase. The story revolves around Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), a New Jersey-based American Mafia, Italian-American mobster, portraying h ...
''. During the 1990s, he managed Reparata and the Delrons. For the past twenty-two years he has hosted ''Let the Good Times Roll'' on Staten Island Cable, a nostalgia talk/variety music show.


Personal life

Picone was born in and has lived most of his life in
South Beach, Staten Island South Beach is a neighborhood on the East Shore of Staten Island, New York City, situated directly south of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. South Beach is bounded by New York Bay on the southeast, Seaview Avenue on the southwest, Laconia Avenue on ...
, New York. Born to an ethnically Italian immigrant family


Filmography

*'' Goodfellas'' (1990) - Himself *''
The Sopranos ''The Sopranos'' is an American Crime film#Crime drama, crime drama television series created by David Chase. The story revolves around Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), a New Jersey-based American Mafia, Italian-American mobster, portraying h ...
'' (1999, TV Series) - Himself *
The Irishman ''The Irishman'' (subtitled onscreen as ''I Heard You Paint Houses'') is a 2019 American epic gangster film directed and produced by Martin Scorsese and written by Steven Zaillian, based on the 2004 nonfiction book '' I Heard You Paint Hou ...
- Himself/Vila d'Roma manager


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External links

* http://www.theelegants.net Living people 1941 births American male singers American television talk show hosts American people of Italian descent Musicians from Staten Island Singers from New York City {{US-singer-stub